THE ACTOR’S TRIUMPH: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE U.S.
PRESIDENT-ELECT. (By Andrei Movchan, director of the
Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Republic.ru [formerly Slon.ru], Nov. 9, 2016, https://republic.ru/posts/75
969. Complete text:) The morning after the US election,
described by some as the second 9/11 (after all, it is the
9th of November [according to the Russian system for writing dates
- Trans.]), is an excellent illustration of the difference
between the probable and the possible. An improbable event
happened: The new president is a Presbyterian (of course, the great
Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower and Theodore Roosevelt were
Presbyterians too, but [Donald] Trump is the first Presbyterian
president in 32 years); a businessman (Trump is the second
businessman-turned-presidential candidate in US history, and the
first businessman to be elected president) who specializes in
gambling, beauty pageants, wrestling and real estate (all these
industries have questionable reputations in the US); a man who has
had serious problems with the IRS and went bankrupt a few times (as
we know from "The Simpsons"); [a man] thrice married and twice
nominated for an Emmy; a man who has repeatedly sold his name as a
brand to various businesses; the author of what some would describe
as a brilliant business plan of suing a bank because its demand to
repay a loan hurts his business reputation; a TV host; a man whose
jokes are often outright offensive; a man who openly disrespects
American norms of behavior, tolerance and gender equality; and a
harsh critic of NATO, free trade, confrontation with Russia and
international efforts to combat climate change.

The people who voted for Trump were older and mostly male (53%
of male voters voted for Trump and only 41% did for [Hillary]
Clinton; among women, Clinton led with 54% while Trump was at 42%).
Wealthier Americans ...

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